The Church's official recognition of sanctity implies that the persons are now in heavenly glory, that they may be publicly invoked and mentioned officially in the liturgy of the Church, most especially in the Litany of the Saints.

At the Vigil of Pentecost, the traditional blessing of baptismal water, accompanied by the Litany of the Saints and six Old Testament readings, was omitted completely.

Theodore also taught sacred music, introduced various texts, knowledge of Eastern saints, and may even have been responsible for the introduction of the Litany of the Saints, a major liturgical innovation, into the West.

The Litany of the Saints is sung, concluded by three prayers, " We invoke you ...," " God who the people ...," and " On this day ..." The consecratory prayer then said, " Almighty, everlasting God, Creator and Governor of the world ,..." While the antiphon " Favorer of the Just ..." or " Zadok the Priest ...," is sung while the king is anointed on shoulders, after which is said the prayer, " God the Son of God ..."

After this, the Litany of the Saints is said, followed by an antiphon and Psalm 126 ( in the Hebrew numbering ), which appropriately begins with the verse, " Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it ".

* A Litany of Saints

A response from his parishioners of " Ora pro nobis " after " Omnes sancti Angeli et Archangeli " in the Litany of the Saints would elicit a pause and the correction " No, Orate pro nobis.

In 1529, he, after modifying the traditional Litany of the Saints ( mostly by removing the invocation of saints and prayers for the pope ), began using the Litany at Wittenberg in Latin and German.

* The Litany of the Saints

" The Litany of the Saints was sung.

The choir sang the Litany of the Saints ; the same song was sung during the procession that transferred the body of Pope John Paul II from the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace to St. Peter's Basilica.

After the singing of the Litany of the Saints, the patriarchs, archbishops and metropolitans of the Eastern Catholic Churches approached the coffin of Pope John Paul II for their own rituals of commendation and farewell ( panikhida ).

The Litany of the Saints ( Latin: Litaniae Sanctorum ) is a sacred prayer of the Roman Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church, some Anglican Churches, and Western Rite Orthodox communities.

" However, it is permissible to personalize the Litany of Saints for a funeral rite or other Mass for the dead, and this was famously done during the funeral of Pope John Paul II, the response was Ora pro eo, or " Pray for him.

# redirect Litany of the Saints

" The Pope and the cardinals then went in procession to Saint Peter's Square for the inauguration Mass, while the Litany of the Saints was chanted, asking their help for the new Pope.

The Litany, in traditional English, echoes the Great Litany, with some additional petitions to the Virgin Mary and the Saints.

# The Seven Penitential Psalms and Litany of the Saints

" They are also invoked in the Litany of the Saints, and in the older form of the Roman rite, in the Collect for Thursday in the Third Week of Lent, as the station church for this day is Santi Cosma e Damiano.